🔗 Share this article National Guardsman Recovering Following Being Shot in Washington DC Personnel of the National Guard monitoring a metro station in Washington DC. A servicemember of the National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC. The family of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, report "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" said the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey. The family expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his progress, according to the official's statement. The serviceman was one of a pair of state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a gunman opened fire in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds. "We continue to ask all West Virginians and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" Morrisey declared. The governor was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a pupil. A pastor at the event read a statement from the guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe. "It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they expressed, according to local news outlet outlets. "However our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the world." Staff Sgt Andrew Wolfe. Earlier in the week, the governor said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was capable of move his toes. Police have charged the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder. Before coming to the US in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that worked with American troops in the South Asian nation. Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand militia personnel whom the former president deployed to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities. Following the incident, the former president said he desired another 500 military personnel sent to the District of Columbia. The former presidential office has also cited the shooting as a justification for further restrictive policies. They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the recent season, including Afghanistan.
Personnel of the National Guard monitoring a metro station in Washington DC. A servicemember of the National Guard is showing improvement after he was gravely wounded in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC. The family of the 24-year-old soldier, 24, report "his head wound is slowly healing and that he's starting to 'look more like himself,'" said the state's chief executive Patrick Morrisey. The family expects the military non-commissioned officer to be in intensive treatment for the coming fortnight, and they feel optimistic about his progress, according to the official's statement. The serviceman was one of a pair of state guardsmen injured by gunfire when a gunman opened fire in proximity to the White House on 26 November. His fellow guardsmember, twenty-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, succumbed to her wounds. "We continue to ask all West Virginians and the nation's citizens for their prayers!" Morrisey declared. The governor was present at a candlelight gathering on Friday evening for Staff Sgt Wolfe at a local secondary school in Inwood, West Virginia, where the guardsman was once a pupil. A pastor at the event read a statement from the guardsman's mother and father, Jason and Melody Wolfe. "It is clear to us that there is a long road to go," they expressed, according to local news outlet outlets. "However our faith keeps us hopeful. We remain thankful for the well-wishes and the support from people all over the world." Staff Sgt Andrew Wolfe. Earlier in the week, the governor said the serviceman had responded to a nurse with a positive gesture and was capable of move his toes. Police have charged the suspected shooter, an Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, with premeditated homicide and attempted murder. Before coming to the US in two years ago, he was once a counterterrorism soldier in a paramilitary group that worked with American troops in the South Asian nation. Staff Sgt Wolfe was one of two thousand militia personnel whom the former president deployed to the Washington DC in last summer as part of his policy initiative in Democratic-led cities. Following the incident, the former president said he desired another 500 military personnel sent to the District of Columbia. The former presidential office has also cited the shooting as a justification for further restrictive policies. They have halted naturalization proceedings for foreign nationals from 19 countries that were part of a entry restriction implemented over the recent season, including Afghanistan.